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Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations

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This is a comprehensive overview of international policing using a sophisticated and synthetic theoretical approach. However, the theory largely takes a backseat to the empirical narrative. There is a slight civil libertarian bias, especially with respect to the war on drugs. Finally, some of their concepts are fuzzy, such as "entrepreneur" which seems to have several meanings throughout the book. Overall, a very good book. A must read for anyone interested in this topic.

This book documents the nefarious web the US weaves as it attempts to control the world. What is really, really good about this book is that it is entirely non-judgemental. It simply states the case as it is.

What is especially good reading and enlightening is that it teaches us that not all government is bad. A case in point is the British government's extended campaign to abolish slavery, which included boarding ships on the high seas, something that could still be done today.

Nadelmann, who we all know as the director of the Drug Policy Alliance, or DPA, shows that virtually all anti drug laws throughout the world are because of intense pressure emanating from Washington, D.C. Nadelmann and co-author Peter Andreas go on to show that in this age of superpower politics, no country is really free to do as it chooses.

I've been buying my book from amazon for about 4 years and never had a problem until now. the book is in perfect condition, but it took amazon about 2 weeks just to ship it out. Which suck because I needed the book for class. This is the first time this has happened usually within a day or two they send the item out, i don't know what happened this time. But other than that everything was good. and this is the first time they have been late so I'll give them another chance.